Beggars Bush Barracks was a British Army barracks located at Beggars Bush in Dublin, Ireland.
| Beggars Bush Barracks | |
|---|---|
| Beggars Bush, Dublin | |
 The former central garrison headquarters at Beggars Bush Barracks | |
  Beggars Bush Barracks Location within Dublin | |
| Coordinates | 53°20′11″N 6°14′07″W / 53.336371°N 6.235284°W |
| Type | Barracks |
| Site information | |
| Operator |  British Army (1827–1922) National Army (1922) Irish Army (1922–1929) |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1827 |
| Built for | War Office |
| In use | 1827–1929 |
History edit
The barracks were designed as a training depot for the British Army and were completed in 1827,[1] built on lands received from George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke. Two squadrons of the South Irish Horse were formed at the barracks in the early 20th century.[2] The squadrons were mobilised at the barracks in August 1914 before being deployed to the Western Front.[3]
Beggars Bush Barracks were the first barracks to be handed over to the Irish Republican Army in January 1922.[4] The barracks then became the new headquarters of the National Army.[5] Erskine Childers, a leading IRA revolutionary, was executed at the barracks on 24 November 1922 after conviction by an Irish military court for the unlawful possession of a gun, a weapon presented to him by Michael Collins.[6]
The barracks were decommissioned in 1929 and handed over to the "Gaeltacht Industries Depot" which had responsibility for marketing goods produced in Ireland.[7] The site is now used by various other Government Departments.[1] The Irish Labour History Society Museum is based in the former central garrison headquarters[8] and the National Print Museum is based in the former Garrison Chapel.[9]